Miss Jadie Branstetter was born December 24, 1907 in Meade, Kansas to Peter Jefferson and Mary Jane Hudlow Branstetter. She graduated from high school in Bay City, Texas & continued training at Hotel Deise in Beaumont, Texas where she became a registered nurse. She served her country as a 1st Lt. in the US Army Nurse Corps for 3 years during WWII. Following the war she went to Galveston to teach and train others at the state hospital UTMB. She held the positions of supervisor of the Medical & Surgical part of the hospital for 40 years.

Retirement was spent traveling abroad and in the states. She enjoyed her home, gardening, handy work and was seen regularly at church and it's functions. Late in life her natural creative talents came alive. She studied art and earned many rewards in her works in landscapes and floral oil paintings.

Miss Branstetter was preceded in death by her parents and seven siblings Walter, Charles, Harry & Jennings Branstetter, Clarinda B. Dervage, Pearl B. Stien, & Birdie B. Streadl. After a long life she joined her parents and brothers and sisters in Heaven on December 6, 2008. She is survived by four nieces and two nephews.

Graveside services were 3:00 PM Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck, TX with Rev. Mark Brumbelow officiating.